Lagu "Laughing" yang dibawakan oleh band R.E.M. menyajikan lirik yang penuh dengan citraan dan metafora yang memancing pemikiran. Liriknya menggugah kisah Laocoon dan kedua putranya dalam mitologi Yunani, yang dianiaya karena memperingatkan bahaya Kuda Troya. Tema penganiayaan dan kesalahpahaman bergema sepanjang lagu, dijalin dengan motif cahaya, tawa, dan pengasingan.
Laughing Lyrics
R.E.M.
Laocoon and her two sons
Pressured storm, tried to move
No other more emotion bound
Martyred, misconstrued
Lighted in a room, in the room
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted, laughing
Laocoon and her two sons
Run the gamut, sated view
Know them more, emotion bound
Martyred, misconstrued
Lighted in a room, in the room
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted, laughing
In a room, lock the door, latch the room
Lighted, lighted, laughing
Laocoon and her two sons
Ran the gamut, settled new
Find a place fit to laugh
Lock the doors and latch the room
Lighted in a room, in the room
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tunes
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
Pressured storm, tried to move
No other more emotion bound
Martyred, misconstrued
Lighted in a room, in the room
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted, laughing
Laocoon and her two sons
Run the gamut, sated view
Know them more, emotion bound
Martyred, misconstrued
Lighted in a room, in the room
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted, laughing
In a room, lock the door, latch the room
Lighted, lighted, laughing
Laocoon and her two sons
Ran the gamut, settled new
Find a place fit to laugh
Lock the doors and latch the room
Lighted in a room, in the room
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tunes
Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune
